Lead Design Engineer
CADENCE US
Apply to this job PUNE 04 Until 8/21/2026 4+ years exp First posted June 20, 2026 Last posted June 20, 2026
Job description
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Job Responsibilities:
- The Candidate will have design responsibility, including floor planning, power grid design, place and route, clock tree synthesis, timing/SI closure, power / EM-IR signoff, physical verification (DRC/LVS/Antenna), and DFM Closure.
- Physical design implementation of state-of-the-art Cadence IPs using Cadence EDA tools - Genus, Innovus, Tempus, Voltus and other backend tools
- Physical design for PPA optimization of performance and power-oriented best-in-class interface IPs such as DDR, LPDDR, PCIE, UCIE, etc and test chips for advanced process nodes, such as 7nm/5nm/3nm/2nm
- An opportunity to work on many varieties of challenging designs, i.e., low power, high-speed and area optimized designs.
- Work closely with RTL design team & Analog Team to ensure on-time, successful tapeouts.
Required skills –
- B.Tech/BE/ME/Mtech with 4-6 years hands-on experience in physical design and physical verification.
- Experienced with ASIC design flow, hierarchical physical design strategies, methodologies and understand deep sub-micron technology issues.
- Solid knowledge on physical design, static timing analysis, Low Power Design, EM/IR /crosstalk analysis, formal verification, physical verification, DFM, DFT.
- Successful track records of taping out complex IP’s & SoC’s at 16/10/7/5/3 nm with different foundries.
- Power user of Cadence implementation tools, such as Genus, Innovus, Quantus, Tempus, PVS, Voltus will be an added advantage
- Automation and programming-minded, coding experience in Makefile/Tcl/Tk/Perl/python assisted with AI.
- Should have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, should be self-motivated and good team player
We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.
About this role
Summary
Design and implement physical ASIC layouts, collaborate on tapeouts, optimize for power and performance.
Job title
Lead Design Engineer
Experience level
4-6 years
Minimum experience
4+ years exp
Industry
technology
Location requirements
Pune, onsite preferred, remote may be allowed
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
physical designASICCadence toolsfloor planningtiming analysis
Preferred skills
automation scriptingAIdeep sub-micron technology
Specializations
physical designASIC designfloor planningpower gridtiming analysis
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hybrid City